GreyWing

I while ago I started registering a loan of product / service app .co.uk names.

At the time there were only really apps on the iphone and app names were useless because they all came through the appstore. But I suspected that apple may open it up and let people get their apps from other sites, ok that maybe a bit foolish now I know more about apple. But fortunately other phone manufacturers and operating systems appeared and left their system open for third party providers and resellers. So we might have hit a bit of luck, the names may not be useless after all.

But left them a few years and now offers have started to roll in, I have over this last 6 months started to have offers in the low x,xxx for propertyapp(s).co.uk and taxiapp.co.uk

Plus a few very low xxx for mortgageapp.co.uk loansapp.co.uk datingapp and some £10 offers for others.

Whilst not massive it does appear that these names are becoming more and more nessesary and app builders are starting to look at ways to make their products appear in Google.

I write this for two reasons, one if you see a decent generic app name in .co.uk then it's worth a £6 gamble. If someone offers you low xx for it then think before you sell.

Also geo app names are being registered left right and centre manchesterapp.co.uk leedsapp.co.uk etc. Might be worth getting your local one before it goes?

I have been regging these and watching them for about 3-4 years, definitely a shift recently in demand.

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lancsman

GreyWing,

An interesting thread to say the least - I would have thought it would have generated a level of response.

Although I have no great experience of 'apps' - in any shape or form - I can see the logic in your thinking. Been mulling this over a bit through the weekend, and today spent 20 mins looking at a few possibilities.

I sense that 'short' names would be more readily marketable, rather than the longer 'normal' domain names that are becommin common.
Any thoughts on that ???

I think I may well throw a few £6's of my meagre start-up budget at this.

Nothing ventured ---- as they say.

Oh, and finally - Do you market the 'app' names you have registered or are you just waiting to see what comes at you ???

Thanks

Regards

John

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I think the long-predicted mobile internet boom is happening now. However, I would still consider good offers on app names, as technology moves fast so you don't want to miss out on opportunities.

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GreyWing

A few people conatcted me to say they had registered their local geoapp name. So some people did buy some and took a punt.

We haven't yet seen a couple of things happen in the app market yet. A widespread desire by app designers to break away from app resellers such as ovi, istore etc. I believe they pay a hefty commission to sell through these sites.

This will change as app developers start to become more freelance, widerspread and apps start to become easier and cheaper to build. An analogy is to look back at way performers signed up to recording labels many years ago and how that spread to many more performers breaking away as new sales outlets opened up to them. Same will happened with apps in the next few years.

Here is something else I wrote about a few months ago http://www.greywing.co.uk/domain-speculation

For £6 I have been picking up names for when the euro lands on its backside and it will regardless of what politicians say, only a matter of time. If you keep your eye on the news and willing to take a punt for £6 and a bit of time, there is still a lot of money to be made in this game.

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Took a punt on my local geo see how it goes

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lancsman

Glad to see this is now generating some discussion.

I have been looking at a few GEO app domain name possibilities.

Is it because of the 'GEO' element that you would only consider the .co.uk - rather than the .com (if that were also available) ????

- or is it you feel it is only worth a £6 punt at this time ?????

Have also been exercising the grey matter on a few other names (non-GEO) that may be worth a similar punt - for the kind of information all those 'app lovers' might feel they need info whilst on the hoof.

Just off to do some research on the list.

Regards

John

GreyWing

I don't tend to deal in .com's tbh, that's the main reason I never registered them or checked if they were available. The £6 for a .co.uk for 2 years is a much easier punt than £10+ for a .com every year. Also if you leave the .com open and someone makes a go of it, then they may come looking to buy the .co.uk name off you or you benefit from free traffic. So sometimes leaving the .com free is like leaving bait in the open.

But that's different if you have a name you want to build a brand on, then of course you always want to buy the .com as well if possible.

At the end of the day if you are selling an app, eventually 200 words on the istore isn't going to cut it. These apps are going to have to have a site that explains in depth what they offer people and why people should downloads them.

But it is definitely a punt but an educated punt. I just like to put mine in writing sometimes so that if things do move this way in 3-4 years then I can point back to it and say these things are predictable.

Of course if it doesn't happen then I will have lost £100 tops and look a plonker but suppose that is part of the fun of this game. My current outlay in post-euro and app names is about £140 every two years. So not gone ballistic but I missed a load of good names as well when I could have registered then freely at the time.

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denchomsky

I reg'd appdesigner_co_uk & appnews_co_uk 2 years ago when apps were becoming popular, I intended to develop appnews, and as a web developer had intended to learn how to develop apps, but haven't got around to it yet.

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lancsman

Gents, Thanks for adding a bit more to the discussion.

I am now at the point of allocating out my start-up budget, and aiming to spread the risk, but also include a few 'punts' against a portion of that budget.

From some initial research (and availability checks) I have come up with 5 or 6 that I plan to register.

That way I have a few long-shots, but do not expose too much of the budget.

The information you guys are sharing is invaluable to us Newbies

Thanks again

John